NetShareGetInfo info  Overview  Group

The NetShareGetInfo function retrieves information about a particular shared resource on a server.

Windows 95:
This function is exported by SVRAPI.DLL. Therefore, link your application with SVRAPI.LIB.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group or those with Communication, Print, or Server operator group membership can successfully execute NetShareGetInfo at level 2. No special group membership is required for calls in SHARE_INFO_0 and SHARE_INFO_1.

NET_API_STATUS NetShareGetInfo(

Parameters

servername

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.

netname

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the network name of the share on which to return information.

level

Specifies one of the following values to return the level of information provided.

Value	Meaning
0	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_0 structures.
1	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_1 structures.
2	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_2 structures.
502	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_502 structures.

bufptr

Pointer to the buffer in which the data set with the level parameter is stored.

Return Values

If the function returns account information, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Remarks

You need to free the memory pointed to by bufptr. Use the NetAPIBufferFree function to free the pointer.

See Also

NetShareSetInfo